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Green groups call on UK govt to stop subsidies for biomass plant

Monday 2 Sep 24 10:30am

More than 40 groups are calling on the government to scrap plans to pay billions in subsidies to the Drax biomass power plant, which was recently revealed as the country's worst carbon emitter.

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